10 Things You Didn't Know Your Old Game Boy Could Do
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The Game Boy was innovative for so many reasons. The portability of the system gave us gaming on the go and it had a library of games filled with a lot of classics including the original Pokemon games. Even with all the games and the Game Boy camera, the portable device could do things you can’t even imagine.
Into sewing? Well, the Game Boy was compatible with a sewing machine that would automatically create patterns and designs. The Game Boy was great for camping trips, but the device could also be used to catch some huge fish. Systems like the GameCube and SNES were compatible with the games, but there was also a way to play games on the Sony Playstation. The Game Boy wasn’t really built for multiplayer action, but there was a four player link and a number of games you could play with three friends. The Mission Impossible game has some amazing features including the ability to control your TV or VCR. The original Game Boy was so tough, it could actually survive a war. For those who love style, the Game Boy has been transformed into both a luxury collector’s item and some pretty fancy shoes. Game Boy music was pretty basic, but the handheld console could be transformed into a portable radio and used with both speakers and headphones. The console also had the ability to connect to computers through special software. Watch to see all these great uses and then decide if it’s worth pulling out your old Game Boy for some action once again!
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From the thumbnail: yes, I know it can turn on.
Mind Blown! You Can Actually Turn It ON? XD
Wait really? I thought it just sat there!
XD
That’s witchcraft! You must be psychic!!!
I thought the same thing
This video should be titled "10 Gameboy Accessories You Didn't Know Existed."
I don't think surviving a Gulf War is an accessory.
I don't think a gold and diamond Gameboy is an accessory. That is more of a case mod. And also, the Playstation to Gameboy cartridge adapter isn't a Gameboy accessory for a Gameboy, it is an accessory for the Playstation...
10 accessories is still more accurate considering that's what all but the case mod & that singular durability example were.
Thee Adjudicator Regardless, none of the things listed in this video are native functions of the Gameboy. It's a misleading title.
Its not only a misleading title. The thumbnail shows an arrow pointing on the power led, no accessory or topic was even made regarding the power led. Just report those kind of videos, youtube will do the rest.
*looks at the thumbnail*
Woahhh! The GameBoy has a small LED light that indicates your current battery life, dang that blows my mind! :o
Well, it doesn't really indicate the battery life, but when it gets dim you know when it's going dead.
The Windows95 Gamer if it dims when the batteries are low then it does indicate battery life. It even has symbols next to the light indicating brightest to dimmest.
no, but you should know better than to talk to a kid that way. Also, I probably am smarter than you in most of this. Don't believe me? well, everyone is stubborn. Next time, don't say dirty words in front of me, you look stupid that way.
oh, srry I get confused my game boy does that but it only gets dim right when the batteries are going dead. I experienced this when the original batteries that came with my game boy color finally went dead. Thank you for not cussing like Jordan McKinnon did.
The battery light would flash on the Gameboy, Gameboy Pocket and Gameboy Color when the battery was going to die. Same with the Sega Game Gear.
Basically.. "Gameboy Accessories you didn't know existed"
I always wanted a Game Boy when I was a kid. So I bought one now. :D I actually like, how the games gives great a feeling about levels you achive. :)
Very much true. They can’t have micro transactions on gameboy
I love old game systems and they are usually not to spendy and great games for a lot of them. What’s better than having it when you are ten? Having it when you’re 35
I think I still have my FM Tuner some where, loved that thing. Would power it up without a cartridge just to listen to the radio
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2: profit
Joaquin Dayrit REPEAT CYCLE
It’s funny because you viewed the video just to make this sarcastic comment which meant you supported the channel. Good job.
But I disliked the video
This channel sucks and they will still get revenue even while plagiarising. Therefore we don't care about that, we care about expressing our frustration towards TheGamer because what they are doing is such a scummy thing by copying off others videos. By actually liking the content you are showing that you support plagiarism which I would hope that you and others like you don't.
L L Productions dislike or like... either way it makes the video or channel grow. Any comment, view like or dislike is the same. All positive.
Holy crap that first one is sick!!! Being able to sew with a game boy is super cool!!! Best part is you can still buy the sewing machine and game boy color even now....man I feel old LOL.
If I had one of these, I could have done so much better in the sewing portion of my old high school's Teen Living class XD
I remember when I got a gameboy way back in the mid 1990's my mum got me a mains adapter so I could use it without having to constantly find batteries to steal. thing was though this mains adapter was incredibly stubborn to get in to the socket on the side of the console properly and even more stubborn to get out. So on one occasion of trying to removing the adapter it broke off leaving the plug stuck in the gameboys socket jammed in so tight and stubborn it was damn near impossible to get out. And just to make things even more fun when this main socket was plugged into the gameboy it somehow cut off its battery power supply so the thing was useless until my dad managed to yank it out with a pair of pliers. had the charger fixed but it broke again shortly after since all the guy did was tape it back together
I think that's the saddest thing I've read all day. Maybe check eBay, hopefully the prices haven't gone too crazy and you can have a piece of your childhood back ;)
I've considered it but theres not really that many gameboy games I want for it. All I used to have on it was two versions of tetris and that mario game were he has rabbit ears
Ohhh yeah right sure
There was also some vehicle supporting software released that turned the gameboy into a kind of tuning tool or speedometer. You probably missed it because I don't think they were official products. There was a lot done with the gameboy that only certain fandoms would ever hear about.
The coolest one isn't listed. I saw a guy use a custom cartridge that has a usb, and it was loaded with a music writing program. Dude used it as a musical instrument on stage. It was incredible.
You also forgot the gameboy printer which was essential for Pokémon if you caught them all. We didn’t have Etsy back then - and I’m only just finding out now about the glitches. lol
The game boy shoe was the most interesting fashion statement. I can imagine KISS rocking out with game boys that said “KISS ARMY” across the screen lol
You missed one. There was/is an attachment that is a obd 1 obd 2 diagnostic tool for cars.
Interesting. This I actually didn't know.
There was also a printer but I guess that was more common so it wasn't added to this list.
Boombox Boy could've been really cool if it was an actual cartridge, where you'd set and select channels on the screen. I'm not sure if it'd be possible, but routing the audio straight to the headphone jack would've also been a smart idea. Basically, it could've made the Game Boy into a Walkman for kids.
another unknown fact , the gameboy has not just 4 channels for the sound ( two quadrangular , one wave and one noise channel ) but 5 channels : "The 5th channel is an external sound input from pin 31 on the cartridge port. It is there so you can place a synth chip or sample playback chip on a cartridge." " To this date, no cartridges are known to use this functionality. "
Under multiplayer, you forgot that Faceball 2000 had 16 player MP by daisy-chaining 4-way adapters
And on the topic of Faceball, it was a 3D first-person shooter on the gameboy 2 years before Wolfenstein 3D came out. Gameboy did 3D first
OMG, I didn't know my Gameboy can be attached to a shoe! That's impossible! 😑
"how fast screens can crack in today's age"
.... Watching this video with a broken screen🤦
Jenna Orlowski same
Also same
Stop smoking crack.
Same I broke my iPad with a chair leg near front camera a it still works
My screen is cracked
i still have my old gameboy color
and it still has a phone battery attached to it after i wired it up in 2007 when i was 12 years old and got sick of wasting my allowance on batteries
that light shining a bright orangey red was the best thing in the world when i was a kid
*The thumbnail is like*
GUYS. GUESS WHAT, THE GAMEBOY, GET THIS, HAS AN LED WHEN YOU TURN IT ON. I KNOW. MINDBLOWING.
Seemed to have forgotten about the Play It Loud Series of original Gameboys that were made in different colors.
I was thinking the same. It also came in clear too early on
Game Boy: I wander what’s gonna be in the future
2019: phones, Nintendo Switch, tv, and lots of handheld items...
Wow, that's pretty cool, I didn't know it could do all that
I owned that FM radio, it was a cool idea but that thing broke after daily use. Damn talk about a trip on memory lane 🤔🔥
I remember the worm light... ahhh torturous memories lol
I remember that too. Man it was still hard to see that screen even with good lighting. Lol
I would probably still use the old game boy if it wasn't so hard to see
Same. I still play some Gameboy Color games, but I use the GBA SP to play them. Some have also become available on the 3DS, so I play them on there too.
Best way to play on the Gameboy color is to be outside when it is sunny! You can barely see the screen when outside with today's handhelds. I still play on mine too but I only have pokemon gold. I have no clue what happens to the rest of the games that we had in my family.
you can buy mod kits online now to put a backlit screen in your gameboy color or gameboy pocket. some soldering is involved but it's not too hard. best of all the mod kits are only a couple bucks. the one site I used had even different color buttons to put in and a mod chip for the Game Boy circuit board to increase the picture and contrast.
Fav GB game Legend of Zelda Links Awaking
I think you got awakening wrong I fixed it!
@@neptune.37 Lol no you didn't
Love the original better than DX just because of the crazy screen warp XD
since i was younger i had a gameboy color, it went through the was 4 time and fell in the tub once. still works to this day.
I just got a gameboy pocket on Christmas im so exited to do these things!
Lol.. The screen of the ferret had me laughing.. I remember that ad long time ago.. I think the ferret in the pants would be more interesting and informative than this video though sadly
Really should have been called “things you didn’t know accessorizes for your game boy can make it do”
I remember my old Gamecube Gameboy player. Got it for christmas because my dad thought it was the GBA link cable (that cable used to connect your gameboy to Pokemon Colosseum or Legend of Zelda Four Swords). Still loved it though.
Really love the long intros to each topic. Say I was watching a youtube video, and was clicking along with my mouse, and saw a video by the gamer. Before I clicked on the video I decided to get a snack, but what should I get to eat..... 20 minutes later I clicked on the video. Your videos are the exact opposite of twitter. We appreciate that.
good old times... gone so fast..
@Mollie Griffin
Hehehe..heh... I miss pass
Gone my ass! *Yanks out Game Boy and starts playing Mega Man*
Me:looks at thumbnail
I didn’t know it could turn off!
After realizing that, I also wondered if I could turn off this video too. Eureka! It worked!
Back in 2003 the game boy was the diagnostic tool used on Peugeot scooters, a cartridge with a cable plugged into the bike to carry out updates and fault finding.. Really great tool back then
I received an original Game Boy the Christmas of ‘89. I still have it to this day. Mortal Kombat II was the best!
My old see through purple Game Boy color was my favorite thing ever
whyjordie transparent purple game boy ??
Coolcraftrobloxchannel 590 it was a type of Gameboy Color
whyjordie I HAD ONE....... IT WENT MISSING.... -.- 🤔 INTERESTING....
Atomic Purple was popular. So popular in fact that it became the only post-launch color option to not be limited production.
I had the same one I loved that thing would play it all day. The good old days.
Correction about the explosion-surviving Game Boy: the screen was replaced.
Yup the rest survived but the screen was replaced
still amazing though
Eh
Soooo many haters lol had gameboy all my life and got first one in 95 and i didn't know about a lot of these topis. Great review i give 5 stars.
@@allenphillips5267 TF are you talking about?
granted the sowing machine didnt fly with the kids over last 30 or so. but the program on cartridge and hooking up to machine is alot of work for systems back then and shows how great and what they can do
So.... you just commented pretty much what the video explained? 😂 stfu kid
I have the FM tuner for the GameBoy Color (the earbuds it came with were damaged, but my 3-prong earbuds still worked) that I got at the thrift store. Neat little device, but inaccessible volume control makes it a little bit of a pain, but I can't complain. The GameBoy Color was my first portable system, and the N64 was my first game console (still have it and it still works to this day).
This is more releated to the GBA, but there was a 3rd party accessory that could turn your GBA into a fully functional portable TV (called the GBA TV Tuner).
It was a bit bulky and could only tune into local channels, but the entire concept was really impressive for being back around 2005, when UA-cam was but a wee lad, Netflix was still mailing DVDs, and smartphones were barely a thing.
Pokémon red and Mario deluxe on game boy color are the the best
5:44 the Nokia 3310 finally has a worthy competitor.
I guess it is time to dig for that Mission Impossible game I played as a kid just in case I need an extra remote.
i still usr my Gameboy color everyday, playing pokemon Crystal and so on. i love the Gameboy still :D
yeah i just use an android device with an emulator for that lol, don't get me wrong, i love the old GBC and still have one too, but holy crap, i ain't gonna pay for batteries anymore and rechargeables still don't compare to how long a phone can run GB games lol.
L L those games are for the Advance
Logic. U seems to be a child
@@wiiu9751 silver
Still have my Gameboy pocket the silver one. Metroid- beat it in 4 hours.
Late to the show on this video, but Aprillia, the motorcycle/scooter company, used gameboy colors to program and modify the computers on the sr50 2stroke scooters. Pretty neat that my tool box contains a gameboy for being a mechanic
The motorcycle manufacturer Aprillia actually used Game Boys as a diagnostic tool for their motorcycles using a special cartridge.
"Sony PlayStation Compatibility" Cool, so I can plug a GameBoy cartridge into a PS1 using a 3rd party adap-Uh, I thought this was on things the GameBoy hardware could do.
He didn't mention the Game Boy adapter for the N64, either. They had an adapter that would plug into the memory card/rumble pack slot on the controller and you could put in a Game Boy cartridge and play it that way.
I sold one of those Playstation adapters for $5 as I had no idea what it was for. I am kicking myself now as I want to try it.
@@Kiwi_As it's...bad
Yeah honestly I would have taken it if it was something amazing like the link port hooking into the PlayStation while you used the Game Boy as a controller and the PlayStation's AV out hooked into the TV (basically the same thing as the GBA running on the GameCube), but the Golden Finger thing is just filler for the list. You know, like half the stuff in the video is.
I love game boy still kinda play it
we got the mission impossible game way back then. i still kept the game for the remote function but havent used the console for a long time.
Fishing and sewing wow that seems amazing, also surviving a war too :) I still have the Super Gameboy adaptor :)
I had a BoomBox Boy. You definitely could not listen to it through the speakers. It just used the link port to get power. It was really gimmicky and pointless but I loved it when I had it.
Yeah, most of the GB/GBC accessories where very gimmicky and did not work as advertised, but you felt pretty dope when you had more then a friend. I had the worm light, that was rather useful for gaming when I was supposed to be sleeping on a school night.
Came here to say this... some of these make me wonder if the writer ever even had a gameboy.
Remember the camera and the little printer? We got to make our 90s selves into Minecraft characters and have a little piece of receipt paper to prove it.
where's the camera and printer ??
i had the Mission inpossable game with my GBC and i have to say. i had a LOT more fun with the tools it came with than the actual game myself, LOVED pranking people with the remote XD
Captain, there is an actual video in this load of advertisements! What should we do?
(Looks at thumbnail) I knew my NGB could turn on/off
Ugandan Knuckles I didn't
I saw that and thought that maybe there was a hidden feature related to the little icons next to the power light. I was disappointed.
"I WANNA BE SEDATED WITH A GAME BOY!"
dude fr I'm skimming through this video just like "wow ok so they basically just watched AVGN and jacked everything he mentioned" lol
If I recall, when I was at the nintendo store in NYC and saw it, the screen was actually replaced on the bombed OG Gameboy.
I had the gambeboy radio. used it so much
"Tetris or super Mario", no, tetris and donkey Kong.
I love gameboys
He'll yeah and I'm 12!
Nintendo has to be proud of that quality control for the gulf war one
Hidden? How about hidden sources because I never see any yet you're always plagiarising everyone's work.
kinda like...well...half of youtube, i'm sure this one in particular is happy you gave them a free view, a comment, and probably a dislike, which as far as youtube(google) are concerned, all mean exactly the same thing, but i mean, you're clearly so intelligent that you already knew that, and you clearly secretly love this channel so much that even after knowing all of that, you still came here and indirectly supported them by telling them how much you don't support them. *slow clap*
Here's a crappy idea for you to feed the troll in your heart and satisfy that waistband in your mind. Go out and buy a game boy listed here in the video and find out for yourself. I mean, hell it ain't that hard to actually do it. Or even better yet, straight up go to Nintendo's official page and look for yourself. Otherwise, stop wasting time and breath and do the work yourself if you're that damn concerned.
They used a couple of my photos in this video so I believe this haha
Not to mention most of these are straight from an AVGN video. Couple of random ones in here but a fair percentage is straight from that episode.
I agree, nothing worse than scum who don't credit others. why doesnt this prick go and get a job instead of being a thief lol
I'm 12 years old but I still love the gameboy, also have a gameboy color and advance too. My favorite game of all time is Pokemon yellow and I'm trying to beat it still also very few kids still love and play the gameboy, I got made fun of but that still is not going to keep me away from playing the gameboy.
The Random Conrad's that's rad. Great job to your parents
I'm 25yo, still got my atomic purple GCB from 1998, and I still play my copy of Pokemon Yellow I bought with my GBC that year. I support your cause, you are not alone.
I own an original game boy and i like radar mission and super mario land thanks for the video i learned so much
The biggest flashback with Link’s Awakening in the Amethyst GBC with the boom box boy! Had all 3!
WAY too many ads
I had one ad.
3 ads isn't much. Just had to put up with 35 in a half hour clip.
here is a little trick.
load the video and if the first ADV is a little text box then skip the video to the next yellow part, load the adv then next one...etc untill all are out of the video. then close the TEXT BOX, good job you passed all the ads :)
99% of the time if the first is a text box, this gets only text boxes.
He has 5 ads in this video. Ridiculous.
get adblock, chief.
My classic gameboy was grey...it turned into a yellowish gameboy color over the years
well, it matches the color theme now :p
The gameboy could survive a war, but a simple kick from a teenager was able to crack the screen to the point that it was rendered unplayable and I had to replace it (it still worked, but but the screen would not display ANYTHING)
nintendo had a radio tuner, the game gear had a tv tuner back in the analog broadcast days
Unfortunately the game boy from the Iraq war is fading out now. I live near NYC and go to Nintendo world often... the day the screen dies completely will be a sad day.
Guess that is more due to the constant run time than the war damage.
Yeah they haven’t shut that off in probably 15-20 years lol...
They might replace it and keep the shell.
Definitely, but then the 100% integrity of the gameboy will cease to exist. But At least the shell will live on for centuries if you think about it. It's in an airtight glass case.
I remember seeing it when I went to NY in 2012... that's sad
Also, don't forget that a Gameboy device is needed inorder to test various parts on Aprilia and Peugeot moped and motorcycles!
I rock Tetris DX almost daily... the DX version is a serious improvement over the original, and with a small patch (which of course I use) it'll bring back the classic Music-A tune we all know. Compatible with all GBs (enhanced for Color, but also works on Pocket and original "DMG"). Biggest fixes for Tetris DX are saved scores/profiles (yeah, save your scores!), and more responsive rapid motion of pieces so you can keep up with higher levels. But I'm grabbing Mission Impossible for that remote feature! Hahaha
A GameBoy can survive a war. A Nokia 3310 can WIN a war!
If you were sitting in a tent it would be to dark to see
VXBubbz nigga wtf are you talking about
They had electric lanterns by then 😂
I remember using some sort of mount that could clip onto the Gameboy. There was a light in it and a see through window so you could play in the dark. Almost forgot about that lol.
*VXBubbz* - Cheap clip-on booklight and you're set, not really a big deal.
I had the game boy light that clipped on the top and took aa batteries
With the thumbnail omg I never new you could turn the gameboy ON 😮
Peugeot used these as a diagnostic tool for their motor scooters. Just plug the diagnostic cartridge in the Gameboy, then put the link cable into the onboard diagnostic on the scooter.
He called GAME BOY A “Toy”
I miss my dark blue Game Boy Pocket. My teacher in 2nd grade took it, and I never got it back.
A sad tale. 😦
I've got a atomic purple Gameboy color, and aside from a missing battery door and a few screen scratches it works just as good ad the day i got it.
The remote one might be fun to mess with though.
I could never get the remote control function to work on my Mission Impossible game. It seemed like such a cool idea to use my game boy as a remote control as a kid.
r/uselessredcircle
Oh and it's like I didn't know that an LED that literally says "POWER" is going to light up and indicate when the console's on.
Completely uninformative
The first gaming system I ever owned was a Game Boy. Bought it when it first came out. And even though I don't have it any more, I'll always look back with fondness.
Regina L. They sell GBA SP's online and it has a backlight + backwards compatible with every gameboy
I know - I already own one. And I still like to play Tetris and Super Mario Land on it. Thanks for the heads-up, though!
Your welcome + in may I get one for my birthday w/ Pokémon leaf green and Mario kart
i got a teal gameboy color for my birthday one year. still works like a charm
Ok, this was a quality video. I'm impressed. I only knew about 3 of these things.
I had a game boy advance radio accessory thing like the second to last one in the video that plugged into the top of the system. Just like the game boy version had a scan button, a reset button and a headphone jack and of course the plug that plugs into the gba for power. I don't know if I still have it or not though.
Some of my happiest memories growing up are of playing Pokemon Red Version on my teal GameBoy Color.
I played my Pokemon Red on various Game Boys lol
I remember Nintendo hosting an event at a local mall. Stood in line for hours because the payoff was they would download MewToo onto my kids' Pokemon Red cartridges.
Less than two months later, I somehow misplaced the cartridges and we never found them again.
Does the sewing thing only work with GbC?
I have a gba and I’m wonder if the sewing thing will work on a gba
All friends had a gameboy/gameboy color. The first handheld i ever had was a gameboy advance SP. The little square folding one. Don't quote me on this, but i think it was the first gameboy with a built in light.
The fish finder.....lolol thats dope asf
I saw an F1 raceadvertisement in a comic when I was young and thought the 4 player adapter was the coolest thing. I'll get my hands on one eventually...
Really cool video but you didn't mention the cool camera thingy that you could take postage stamp size pictures with with your Game Boy!
There was also the camera accessory which came with a portable printer that would print black and white pictures onto receipt paper. My cousin had one and he would often take our pictures during family dinners.
Did your cousin took pictures of people’s feet?
Man my aunt got 4 of my siblings and me a gameboy each this was back in 2000 what a lady that was nice of her
As far as i know, the old gray game boy from 1989 later came too in several colors. And that before the game boy pocket and color. But other than that, cool video
Woah I didn't know you could turn one on that's crazy!
The original Gameboy is such a tough sucker. I still have mine but due to an accident, the screen broke. But despite the, now missing screen. It still works perfectly.